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General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Brno-město
Cadastre: Kníničky
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2432, 24324
Geological region: Letovice, Krhovice, Nectava and Svinov-Vranová crystalline complexes; Moravicum; crystalline complex of Miroslav horst; Brunovistulicum
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: sand pit
ID : 3299

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Carpathian Foredeep, its southern part. Outcrops ooff sands and petromictic gravels of Ottnag age. Coarse grained rusty sands contain gravel layers and some greenish clayey clay balls. Gravels with clay interlayers contain forams and sponge spicules rewashed from underlying Cretaceous sediments. Sands and cgravels were deposited in fluviolacustrine environmnent within broad delta.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Carpathian foredeep - Southern part of Carpathian foredeep
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - neogén - miocén - spodní miocén - ottnang
Subject: sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: bedding
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sand, gravel

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: road construction, estates

References

MÜLLER, P. – NOVÁK, Z. et al. (2000): Geologie Brna a okolí. – Český geologický ústav, Praha. 90 s.`Hanžl P. et al., 2011: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 24324, Brno sever.- Český geologický ústav Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Pecka Tomáš, 02.06.11
Updated by: Hanžl Pavel 10.06.11, Gürtlerová Pavla 27.09.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3299 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-03-28]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3299.

Location in map:

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Polohy písků a závalky jílů ve štěrcích ottnangu., Pavel Hanžl, 2010
Štěrky Jinačovického prolomu – stará pískovna Kníničky; facie „písků a petromiktních štěrků“ ottnangu., Pavel Hanžl, 2010


(C) 2003-2012 ČGS, verse aplikace 1.21 [3.2.2016]